Bruce Called Up for Jury Duty

Posted on by Julia

August 31, 2026

August 24, Bruce had to go in for jury duty. He had received the notice four weeks ago. They had called up 400 people to pick the jury from. The court only planned to take two days to select the jury. It took them 5 days. Bruce was not allowed to talk about the case until he was released.

While Bruce was gone, I used my kneeler while I was digging up nut grass from the flower bed. I knew the nut grass would come right back after the first weeding and the second weeding would help get it under control.

I wish I had gotten the kneeler much sooner! It helps so much.

In the vegetable garden, I saw 2 pearl crescent butterflies.

I took a couple of pictures of the living room curtains as the light and shadows played across the curtains. I didn’t stay in the living room long, I stopped a couple of times as the light and shadows caught my eye.

When Bruce got home, he started working on unclogging the drain pipe under the patio. We had chipmunks running out of the pipe earlier in the year. Who knows what they put into the pipe? Ants may have also added dirt to the drain helping clog it up. While talking to Bruce, I noticed a praying mantis.

He wasn’t able to get the drain unclogged. He made progress, so maybe another day he’ll get it unclogged.

We had a pretty sunset.

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    1. He did not have to serve, he was considered and released. It took five days of considering potential jurors.

      It was a capital murder case; a policeman died and another was shot. Other people were killed. I am glad Bruce didn’t have to serve on this case. Bruce was ambivalent about being on the jury. He thought it would be an interesting case based on what the judge shared. Bruce also didn’t want to be tied up that long.

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    1. He can’t raise his left arm above a certain distance without being very careful, otherwise it hurts so much that he makes a gasp sound. When he does that, he doesn’t want to do anything else for a while. He has a bone spur in the shoulder joint that catches.

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I am a retired software solutions architect. I have been married to my husband, Bruce, for over forty years. We went full-time RVing for 3.5 years and saw much of the United States. After deciding to stop RVing, we bought a ranch house halfway up a hill on five acres. After Bruce and I talked about names for our five acres, we settled on Blackberry Homestead as a homage to the wild blackberries on the hill. We are working on creating our homestead. I love cooking and enjoy sharing recipes. I am also an artist, and I’ll share my current projects. Gardening and reading are my favorite hobbies.